Student Accounts Representative (Temporary)

About the role

Elmira College is a private liberal arts college located in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Seeking innovative professionals from diverse backgrounds to temporarily fill the position of Student Accounts Representative. This is a temporary position with a minimum of 6 weeks, possibility of extension, approximately 37.5 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Collects cash and deposits and posts transactions to accounts
• Makes the daily deposit of collections
• Verifies transactions received balance with the transactions recorded
• Authorizes online tuition payments (PayPal, NetPay, Nelnet, PayMyTuition)
• Receives and verifies any bank statement deposits made by outside vendors (VA, wires, etc.)
• Provides front-desk customer service which includes but is not limited to, answering phones, greeting patrons to Business Office, answering questions, check cashing, and student account inquiries
• Performs safe reconciliation and replenishment weekly
• Runs weekly cash receipt report for Comptroller
• Performs monthly student bank reconciliation
• Adds funds to student dining Flex accounts
• Invoices and posts payments for health insurance billings, employee housing and lease agreement billings
• Assists Bursar in management of current and past due tuition accounts
• Submits delinquent accounts to collections agency based on school policy
• Helps students/parents understand billing of tuition
• Assists with billing of Part Time and Graduate Students
• Approves transcript requests, maintains teacher credit log, processes employee/dependent tuition waivers, Term 3 trip deposits and other student payment functions as needed

Qualifications

• Minimum Associates degree (required); Bachelors degree a plus
• Minimum 3 years of experience performing related business duties (i.e., check cashing, posting transactions, etc.) (required)
• Experience working with the public

Pay

$18 per hour (hourly basis)

Schedule

Approximately 37.5 hours per week